The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word WOO
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result WOO
- Try to win women’s love on more than one occasion
- Attempt to win with rings
- Setter’s comment: “It won’t finish in court”
- Deal possibly avoiding day in court
- Head of Wimbledon circles court
- Heartless, we go to court
- Spoon with shortened bowl
- Exclamation of joy that’s rather nice in court
- Do courting couple head off to find love?
- Try to win without oxygen
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The straight part
We know that "Try to win" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case try to win = woo.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does WOO mean?
WOO verb- To endeavor to gain someone's support.
- (often of a man) To try to persuade (someone) to be in an amorous relationship with
- To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.
- Expressing joy or mirth; woohoo, yahoo.
- A person readily accepting supernatural, paranormal, occult, or pseudoscientific phenomena, or emotion-based beliefs and explanations.
- Those beliefs.
- Supernatural, pseudoscientific.
- Readily accepting supernatural, paranormal, occult, or pseudoscientific phenomena, or emotion-based beliefs and explanations.